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A Japanese Export silver box – or maybe a covered bowl
The lid is finely worked with the iris motif – which symbolises hope, wisdom, trust and valour.
The lid is double skinned as so often with Japanese Export silver
The base carries the triangular turtle mark of the renowned Japanese maker Sanju Saku, one of Japan’s leading silversmiths, based in Yokahama, making and retailing silver with enamels to this style 1880-1920
Every year as the Lunar New Year approaches I try
